London Cocktail Club

There's a standard template used to create the LCC bars - lampshades over the bar that can be swung back and forth to get the room swinging, friendly staff that make a point of saying hello or acknowledging you as soon as you walk in, great cocktails that are delicious and innovative... and music so loud that all social enjoyment of a drink after work goes out the window! My date and I arrived for happy hour on a Friday after work (around 6ish) and went down into this bar (which yes, looks sexy and cool and very well decorated) and left after one drink each (the sweet and smooth Demerara Old Fashioned) because we couldn't hear each other without screaming into one another's ears. This isn't a nightclub, it's a bar, and it was 6 o clock in the bloody afternoon! I want to be able to have a conversation without perforating an eardrum. A real shame that they think to have a fun evening the music has to be obnoxious. That might make me sound old but if I wanted a drink without being able to speak to anyone I'd stay at home.